With the support of the Heixinggen Consortium and East Africa, Jiaozhou already has the prototype of a major Far Eastern city, and it is simultaneously the most influential oriental city for the Germans.
Unlike those semi-colonial commercial ports, Jiaozhou is a port controlled by the Qing Government. However, due to distrust in the Qing Government's bureaucratic group, the Heixinggen Consortium chooses to continue holding military power.
Even if Man Qing officials lack the courage, local gangs might not, as kingpins are always kingpins, and they are bold enough. As long as there's profit, there's nothing they wouldn't dare to do. These people really live by the edge of the knife, without armed forces there's really no deterrent against them.
Don't think that foreigners can act arrogantly—that privilege belongs to the British and French, who couldn't wish more for the Qing Country to harm their citizens as an excuse for another war.
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